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by three victories in the autumn — two at Lich- 

 field and one at Warwick. 



The older he got, however, the better Pageant's 

 form became. As a six-year-old, after a defeat 

 in the Northamptonshire Stakes, he won the 

 Chester Cup in a canter from Mr. A. Baltazzi's 

 John Day and Lord Rosebery*s The Snail ; and 

 another unsuccessful effort in the Cesarewitch 

 was followed by the capture of the Shrewsbury 

 Cup. The next year, 1878, with Tom Cannon, 

 and 8 St. 12 lb. in the saddle, he again won the 

 Chester Cup, for which he started favourite and 

 scored easily from Mr. SwindelFs Woodlands, 

 He was beaten in the Manchester Cup, ran 

 second to the wonderful Kincsem in the Good- 

 wood Cup, and then won the Brighton and 

 Doncaster Cups. His only outing as an eight- 

 year-old was in the Alexandra Plate at Ascot, 

 for which he was unplaced to Insulaire. That 

 ended his racing career. He eventually became 

 totally blind, and was shot and buried at Kings- 

 clere. Pageant and Hampton were two of the 

 best stayers of their day, and both ran in selling 

 races! 



In the summer of 1876 I went to the Yardley 

 Stud, near Birmingham, to see the yearlings the 

 Grahams were sending to Doncaster to be sold. 

 During my tour of the paddocks I was accom- 

 panied by the two brothers, George and Young, 

 and also by their sister. Miss Graham, who took 



